Signia

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin *Sicania (“land of the Sicani”), from Sicani, a tribe described by Pliny as living in Latium (likely before their move to Sicily). Both names could be doublets of signum (“signal, mark”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡ.ni.a/, [ˈs̠ɪŋniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɲ.ɲi.a/, [ˈsiɲːiä]

Proper noun

Signia f sg (genitive Signiae); first declension

1. An ancient city in Latium, situated on a lofty hill, now Segni

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Signia
Genitive	Signiae
Dative	Signiae
Accusative	Signiam
Ablative	Signiā
Vocative	Signia
Locative	Signiae

Derived terms

• Signīnī
• Signīnum
• Signīnus

Descendants

• Italian: Segni
• → Ancient Greek: Σίγνιον (Sígnion)

References

• “Signia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Signia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Signia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.